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== Description == | == Description == | ||
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| + | The '''Type A Mark I''' is an American high-explosive (HE) air-dropped naval mine. | ||
=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon === | === Vehicles equipped with this weapon === | ||
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== General info == | == General info == | ||
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| + | ! colspan="2" | Mine characteristics | ||
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| + | | '''Mass''' || 494 kg (1,000 lbs) | ||
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| + | | '''Explosive mass (TNT eq)''' || 508 kg (1120 lbs) | ||
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| + | | '''HE max penetration''' || 112 mm | ||
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| + | | '''Armour destruction radius''' || 16 m | ||
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| + | | '''Fragment dispersion radius''' || 170 m | ||
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=== Effective damage === | === Effective damage === | ||
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| + | This mine, being an underwater naval type, produces a strong high-explosive overpressure. Due to the ability to drop the mine on ground targets as a bomb, the steel casing can also contribute some shrapnel effect. | ||
=== Comparison with analogues === | === Comparison with analogues === | ||
| + | ''Give a comparative description of mines that have firepower equal to this weapon.'' | ||
== Usage in battles == | == Usage in battles == | ||
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| + | The prescribed usage of this mine is against steel-hulled naval craft. As a mine, it can be laid in choke points, capture points or in front of advancing enemy ships. Direct hits aren't required to generate hits, but due to the fusing of the mine, it will explode if a ship is directly struck, dealing a large amount of damage. Note that this is a magnetic mine and wooden-hulled craft will most likely not set it off, so it is not effective against denying small craft access to capture points, for instance. | ||
| − | + | The mine can also be used as a bomb in Air AB/RB as it has, pound for pound, more explosive potential than the standard 1000 lbs. American bomb. This gives planes able to carry it extra damage potential without the additional weight of heavier ordinance. | |
=== Pros and cons === | === Pros and cons === | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
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* ''reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;'' | * ''reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;'' | ||
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Revision as of 08:53, 27 June 2022
Contents
Description
The Type A Mark I is an American high-explosive (HE) air-dropped naval mine.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
| Vehicles equipped with this weapon | |
|---|---|
| Twin-engine fighters | F7F-3 |
| Bombers | |
| BTD-1 | BTD-1 |
| PB4Y | PB4Y-2 · ␗PB4Y-2 · ▄PB4Y-2 |
| PBM-3 | PBM-3 "Mariner" |
| PBY-5 | PBY-5 Catalina · PBY-5A Catalina · ▂PBY-5A Catalina · ▄Catalina Mk IIIa |
| PV-2 | PV-2D |
| SB2C | SB2C-1C · SB2C-4 |
| SB2U | SB2U-2 · SB2U-3 |
| SBD-3 | SBD-3 |
General info
| Mine characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Mass | 494 kg (1,000 lbs) |
| Explosive mass (TNT eq) | 508 kg (1120 lbs) |
| HE max penetration | 112 mm |
| Armour destruction radius | 16 m |
| Fragment dispersion radius | 170 m |
Effective damage
This mine, being an underwater naval type, produces a strong high-explosive overpressure. Due to the ability to drop the mine on ground targets as a bomb, the steel casing can also contribute some shrapnel effect.
Comparison with analogues
Give a comparative description of mines that have firepower equal to this weapon.
Usage in battles
The prescribed usage of this mine is against steel-hulled naval craft. As a mine, it can be laid in choke points, capture points or in front of advancing enemy ships. Direct hits aren't required to generate hits, but due to the fusing of the mine, it will explode if a ship is directly struck, dealing a large amount of damage. Note that this is a magnetic mine and wooden-hulled craft will most likely not set it off, so it is not effective against denying small craft access to capture points, for instance.
The mine can also be used as a bomb in Air AB/RB as it has, pound for pound, more explosive potential than the standard 1000 lbs. American bomb. This gives planes able to carry it extra damage potential without the additional weight of heavier ordinance.
Pros and cons
Summarize and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.
Pros:
Cons:
History
Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <ref></ref>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <references />.
Media
Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.
See also
Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:
- reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;
- references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.
External links
Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:
- topic on the official game forum;
- other literature.
| Naval mines | |
|---|---|
| USA | Type A Mark I* |
| Germany | EMC · EMF · UDM-E |
| USSR | KB-1 pattern 1931 mine · KB-3 pattern 1940 · MIRAB · YAM-43 |
| Britain | Type M Mark I |
| Japan | Mk.6 mod1 · Type 93 mod1 |
| Italy | Bollo P.125/1932 · Bollo P.200/1936 |
| France | B4M |
| * = Aircraft-laid | |
